diff --git a/src/browser/tests/element/html/label.html b/src/browser/tests/element/html/label.html
index cdc3f637..b2ebc2cb 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/element/html/label.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/element/html/label.html
@@ -16,3 +16,59 @@
     testing.expectEqual('', l2.htmlFor);
   }
 </script>
+
+<label id="l2" for="input1"><span>Name</span></label>
+<input id="input2" type="text">
+<input id="input-hidden" type="hidden">
+<select id="sel1"><option>a</option></select>
+<button id="btn1">Click</button>
+<label id="l3"><input id="input3"><span>desc</span></label>
+<label id="l4"><span>no control here</span></label>
+<label id="l5"><label id="l5-inner"><input id="input5"></label></label>
+
+<script id="control">
+  {
+    // for attribute pointing to a text input
+    const l2 = document.getElementById('l2');
+    testing.expectEqual('input1', l2.control.id);
+
+    // for attribute pointing to a non-existent id
+    const lMissing = document.createElement('label');
+    lMissing.htmlFor = 'does-not-exist';
+    testing.expectEqual(null, lMissing.control);
+
+    // for attribute pointing to a hidden input -> not labelable, returns null
+    const lHidden = document.createElement('label');
+    lHidden.htmlFor = 'input-hidden';
+    document.body.appendChild(lHidden);
+    testing.expectEqual(null, lHidden.control);
+
+    // for attribute pointing to a select
+    const lSel = document.createElement('label');
+    lSel.htmlFor = 'sel1';
+    document.body.appendChild(lSel);
+    testing.expectEqual('sel1', lSel.control.id);
+
+    // for attribute pointing to a button
+    const lBtn = document.createElement('label');
+    lBtn.htmlFor = 'btn1';
+    document.body.appendChild(lBtn);
+    testing.expectEqual('btn1', lBtn.control.id);
+
+    // no for attribute: first labelable descendant
+    const l3 = document.getElementById('l3');
+    testing.expectEqual('input3', l3.control.id);
+
+    // no for attribute: no labelable descendant -> null
+    const l4 = document.getElementById('l4');
+    testing.expectEqual(null, l4.control);
+
+    // no for attribute: nested labels, first labelable in tree order
+    const l5 = document.getElementById('l5');
+    testing.expectEqual('input5', l5.control.id);
+
+    // label with no for and not in document -> null
+    const lDetached = document.createElement('label');
+    testing.expectEqual(null, lDetached.control);
+  }
+</script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Label.zig b/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Label.zig
index c08bff06..1069f2c6 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Label.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Label.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const Page = @import("../../../Page.zig");
 const Node = @import("../../Node.zig");
 const Element = @import("../../Element.zig");
 const HtmlElement = @import("../Html.zig");
+const TreeWalker = @import("../../TreeWalker.zig");
 
 const Label = @This();
 
@@ -23,6 +24,33 @@ pub fn setHtmlFor(self: *Label, value: []const u8, page: *Page) !void {
     try self.asElement().setAttributeSafe(comptime .wrap("for"), .wrap(value), page);
 }
 
+pub fn getControl(self: *Label, page: *Page) ?*Element {
+    if (self.asElement().getAttributeSafe(comptime .wrap("for"))) |id| {
+        const el = page.document.getElementById(id, page) orelse return null;
+        if (!isLabelable(el)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return el;
+    }
+
+    var tw = TreeWalker.FullExcludeSelf.Elements.init(self.asNode(), .{});
+    while (tw.next()) |el| {
+        if (isLabelable(el)) {
+            return el;
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+fn isLabelable(el: *Element) bool {
+    const html = el.is(HtmlElement) orelse return false;
+    return switch (html._type) {
+        .button, .meter, .output, .progress, .select, .textarea => true,
+        .input => |input| input._input_type != .hidden,
+        else => false,
+    };
+}
+
 pub const JsApi = struct {
     pub const bridge = js.Bridge(Label);
 
@@ -33,6 +61,7 @@ pub const JsApi = struct {
     };
 
     pub const htmlFor = bridge.accessor(Label.getHtmlFor, Label.setHtmlFor, .{});
+    pub const control = bridge.accessor(Label.getControl, null, .{});
 };
 
 const testing = @import("../../../../testing.zig");